2016 Mid-Year Grand Slam Begins Next Week

It has cast a faint shadow across an action-packed month, looming on the horizon as the ultimate test for a conflicted arena. The wait is almost over as the third Grand Slam Tournament of 2016 is finally upon us! Tournament 68: 2016 Mid-Year Grand Slam begins next week with a 128-fighter single elimination bracket that will test the best and potentially steer us to the next #1 contender!

The randomly drawn bracket will be revealed as matches begin Monday, June 20th with a diverse field of some of the league's greatest competitors! Anchoring this action will be four top seeds selected by officials: Reigning Undisputed Champion and 2016 Grand Prix Warm-Up winner "The Hitman" DECEPTION will be #1 seed, 2015 Mid-Year Grand Slam winner and freshly dethroned champion The_Purple_Bunny will be #2, top contender VenoMark will be #3, and current reigning KFL Champion and 2014 Mid-Year Grand Slam winner Statix will be #4 seed.

To make way for the annual tournament major, Monday Night Invasion and Friday Night Fights will take a one week hiatus. Competitors appearing regularly on both programs will be included in the random draw, adding heightened competition as members of The Invasion, The Alliance, The European Union and The British Exit all vie for supremacy coming out of this past Monday!

The Mid-Year Grand Slam is a prestigious title unto itself, introduced permanently into the annual fight calendar as a fixture of the 2013 Grand Slam era! Its origins date back to Tournament 5, where Hall of Fame legends Crow and Kron escalated their legendary rivalry in a fateful final! It's been a tournament for surprises as well, though, as we saw in 2014 when Baraka_MK stunned everyone in an unexpected face-off against future Alliance champion: Statix! History shows - anyone could win!

Former Mid-Year Grand Slam Finalists:
1. Crow d. Kron - Tournament 5: War for the Kr0wn (May 15, 2011)
2. Genku d. Mime - Tournament 31: Mid-Year Grand Slam 2013 (June 30, 2013)
3. Statix d. Baraka_MK - Tournament 44: Mid-Year Grand Slam 2014 (June 29, 2014)
4. The_Purple_Bunny d. Kron - Tournament 56: Mid-Year Grand Slam 2015 (June 28, 2015)

Tournament 68: Mid-Year Grand Slam 2016 begins right after Supercard 80 - June 20th-27th!

Before the tournament you won't want to miss the epic Duo Division Championship event Tournament 80: Tower of Power XVI! It all goes down this Sunday, June 19th - with "The Service Krew" Damo & DeathScepter entering the Tower at #1 in the hopes of stopping Hall of Fame combination "Team Xtreme" Marz & Violent`J from breaking their 10 title defense record! A super-charged Duo Division Supercard to set the table for a massive Mid-Year Tournament extravaganza! Be here!